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Monday’s Musings: Lessons Learned From Amazon’s Cloud Outage

Monday’s Musings: Lessons Learned From Amazon’s Cloud Outage

By R "Ray" Wang on April 25, 2011

Amazon’s Cloud Outage Catches Most Clients Offguard The recent Amazon cloud outage at its Northern Virgina data center from 5 am Thursday, April 21, 2011 to roughly 5 am Friday, April 22 has shaken the confidence of some executives on public cloud computing.  Most notably, FourSquare, HootSuite, Reddit, and Quora publicly suffered visible performance issues.  [...]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Apps Strategy, backup, bill of rights, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, disaster recovery, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, Foursquare, high availability, hootsuite, IBM Blue Cloud, license management, license policy, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Services Platform, Private Cloud, Private Clouds, public cloud, Quora, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, Reddit, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Vendor Selection | Leave a response

Research Report: Constellation’s Research Outlook For 2011

Research Report: Constellation’s Research Outlook For 2011

By R "Ray" Wang on January 4, 2011

Organizations Seek Measurable Results In Disruptive Tech, Next Gen Business, And Legacy Optimization Projects For 2011 Credits: Hugh MacLeod Enterprise leaders seek pragmatic, creative, and disruptive solutions that achieve both profitability and market differentiation. Cutting through the hype and buzz of the latest consumer tech innovations and disruptive technologies, Constellation Research expects business value to [...]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 2011, 2011 Predictions, analytics, android, appliance market, Apps Strategy, B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2B market strategy, B2C, B2C E-commerce, best practices, bill of rights, brand monitoring, Business 2.0, business drivers, business intelligence, business process optimization, business process outsourcing, business requirements, business strategy, business technology, business value, CEO, CFO, CIO, Cloud, Cloud BPO, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, cloud security, Cloud Wars, CMO, collaboration software, Constellation Research, Consumer Tech, contract negotiations, contract strategy, Convergence, cost reduction, crm, CTO, custom apps, custom development, Customer Relationship Management, customer relationship management (CRM), DaaS, Data deluge, data integration, data quality, data stewardship, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adoptions, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, erp, Facebook, future of business, Gov 2.0, gov20, Government Contracting, govtech, hybrid, hybrid deployments, ibm, information management, information management matrix, innovation, innovation insights, Internet of Things, IT budgets, IT services firms, IT Strategy, last mile solutions, Legacy Optimization, lessons learned, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license returns, line of business, maintenance, maintenance fees, management strategy, market strategy, marketing, microsoft, next gen, next gen apps, next gen cio, next gen CIO’s, next gen enterprise, next gen IT leaders, next generation, Next generation apps, NextGen, oracle, p2p, PaaS, pace of change, pace of technology adoption, packaged apps, Point of view, Private Cloud, Private Clouds, procurement, R “Ray” Wang;, relationship managmeent, relationships, Research Report, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS Bill of Rights, SaaS escrow, SaaS Integration, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, sales strategies, salesforce.com, sap, service economy, services based industries, social business, Social Business Software, social campaign tracking, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social event management, Social Media, social media monitoring, social service, social support, social support insights, social technologies, software appliances, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, Software Ecosystems, software escrow, Software Insider, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, software revenue recognition rules, software trends, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, Sourcing, stack wars, subscription pricing, subscription revenues, technology adoption, technology budgets, technology partnerships, technology platforms, third party maintenancce, Third Party Maintenance, trends, two-tier ERP, Unified Communications, upgrades, usability, use cases, used software, user strategy, value, vendor strategy, vmforce, VMware, Web 2.0 | Leave a response

Research Report: 2011 Cloud Computing Predictions For Vendors And Solution Providers

Research Report: 2011 Cloud Computing Predictions For Vendors And Solution Providers

By R "Ray" Wang on December 28, 2010

This blog was jointly posted by @Chirag_Mehta (Independent Blogger On Cloud Computing) and @rwang0 (Principal Analyst and CEO, Constellation Research, Inc.) Part 1 was featured on Forbes: 2011 Cloud Computing Predictions For CIO’s And Business Technology Leaders As Cloud Leaders Widen The Gap, Legacy Vendors Attempt A Fast Follow Cloud computing leaders have innovated with [...]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 2011 Predictions, Business Analytics, business technology, business value, CFO, Chirag Mehta, CIO, Cloud, Cloud BPO, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, cloud security, Cloud Wars, CTO, DaaS, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, iaas, information broker, integration, IT Strategy, next gen apps, next gen cio, next gen CIO's, next gen CIO’s, next gen enterprise, next gen IT leaders, next generation, Next generation apps, PaaS, Platform as a service, Private Cloud, Private Clouds, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, Research Report, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS Integration, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, social business, Social Business Software, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, software as a service, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, trends, vendor strategy | 9 Responses

VMworld: Private  Cloud & Random Musings

VMworld: Private Cloud & Random Musings

By Sadagopan on September 1, 2010

I went to catch up with my friends coming from around the world to VMworld 2010 at San Francisco and ended up meeting some upcoming technology players as well. In the course of my discussions, I recognized the existence of a lot more energy in the cloud ecosystem – big and small, private and public [...]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Private Clouds, virtualization, VMware, VMworld | Leave a response

Tuesday’s Tip: 10 SaaS/Cloud Strategies For Legacy Apps Environments

Tuesday’s Tip: 10 SaaS/Cloud Strategies For Legacy Apps Environments

By R "Ray" Wang on August 11, 2010

Legacy Apps Customers Seek Practical Advice
Organizations determining when and how to make the move to SaaS and Cloud face realistic challenges in gaining buy-in and realizing the apparent and hidden benefits of SaaS/Cloud.  In a recent survey of over 300 companies, 73 respondents who were wary of SaaS/Cloud were asked to list the top 3 [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged 3PM, BearingPoint, BPO, business process outsourcing, Cloud, Cloud Computing, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Hosted legacy, hub and spoke, Legacy containment, Mid-term replacement, PaaS extensions, Point solutions, Private Clouds, SaaS, SaaS strategies, software as a service, software bill of rights, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Surround strategies, Thrid party maintenance, Tuesday's Tip, Tuesday’s Tip, two-tier ERP | Leave a response

Cloud, it’s a web thing

Cloud, it’s a web thing

By Phil Wainewright on March 2, 2010

Having read (hat-tip Dennis Howlett) Randy Bias’ article at Kendallsquare on Debunking the “No Such Thing as a Private Cloud” Myth I have to say — rather like the apocryphal Irish direction-giver — if I’d wanted to make a case for private cloud, I wouldn’t have started from there. Randy and I joined a civilized [...]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, IT Outsourcing, On Demand, Platform as a service, Private Clouds, San Francisco, Utility computing | Leave a response

When will the crowd turn against private cloud?

When will the crowd turn against private cloud?

By Phil Wainewright on January 14, 2010

Private clouds will be discredited by year end, I predicted yesterday. I was promptly challenged to put my money where my mouth was. Here’s my considered response.




Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure as a service, Platform as a service, Private Clouds, Utility computing, Web service | Leave a response

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